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BLEEDING AND DYING.
A Comrades Tussle with Kentucky Grecnbrler

n Nomfaueh thshse Win hchRhCkt uitehniieiN'
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune: never capt
urcd battery nor a fotiicaton; i was not
the FIRST on Lookout Mountain or Missionary
Ridge; i was not the first in Columbia nor 10
hoist the Stars and Stripes on the State-house;
j did not sight the cannon that killed Gen.
Polk, nor did see the man that did It; never
captured a rebel ironcai nor aided in the sig
mailing from kenosaw Mountain. I'LL tell you
now what / dad do / marched, fought, bied
and died FOR my country. Can any man do
moreg III tell you how il was.
We had been on race from Corinth. Miss
via Tuscumbia, Decatur, Floreice and Hunts
Vile. Ala, aud Sholbyville, Wartrace, Muir
fTecsboro, McMinnyille, Lebanon and Nash
vile, Tenn, and then on the doubie-qulck 10
Bowling Green and TO Cave City, Ky, to capt
ure Bragg. AT Cave City We halted 10 take
breath aud wait until Bragg captured brigade
OF Union soldiers al Muiordyllle. After the
capture and Bragg had gone on his way reiole-
ing we were ordered forward IN line of battle,
and then came the tug of war.
BY way Of explanation Of what follows, /
viii say my descriptive roll said was six feet
three and a half inches in hight, and Uncle
sam did not always provide pants of sufficient
length for his tall sons. Those i wore only
came within about six inches Of the top of my
socks, and our socks were of very elastic kind.
After a little use the elasticity left mine, aud
lhGA lOiuth GOWN very nicely oNtI INC ANiia VI
my shoes. Now the country through which we
were ordered TO advance ia line Of battle was
thlckiy set with undorhrush, and in that brush
was vine, sometimes 80 or 80 feet long about
the thickness of harbed wire, known i'm Ken
lucky as grecnbrier. These greenbriers ran
along about six inches from the ground, some
Of them as high as a mans knee. through the
dense underground Of bushes.
As we advanced these bricrs came in contact
with my legs and began 10 sweat and jump,
and yell. and did not swcar-the command
ing officer would quietly say, silence in the
ranks ana the Captain would say, Steady,
Co. *" But how could be quiet and steady
with 30 feet OF groenbrier with its barbs saving
around my naked leCsy / still continued 10
yell, and jump, aud sweat, and bleed for my
country. la this way we continued for four
miles, when our commander had learned the
reUels were gone, with all their booty. There
was scarcely piece OF whole skin oE my legs
rs big as a 50cent piece, and my socks were
dyed crimson in my own blood. We did not
come from Bozrah with dyed garments" hut
we advanced TO an imaginary battlefield with
bleeding legs and dyed socks.
How much more glorious was this than capt
uring forts. monitors mountains, batteries and
cities But we did make a capture on this
famous march in the shape of a Louisiana creole
drummer boy, who stayed with us TO the end.
L think i have established the TACT that L
marched, fought (gIeonbriers), hlCd and dyed
for my country.-M. BRlsTow, Co. Is, cath Ky,
Baldwin Kan.
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THE 9Th N. H.
Some ReeoIleetIons Suggested bY a Comrade,s Arti

Some ReeOleetiOas Suggested By Comrades Article
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / belonged
to a regiment that, in the language of Gen.
Francis A. Walker, lost more men during the
war than any other in the service" and had
become about convinced that the survivors
were all dead and had answered the last roll
call for as knew them to be great chalmers
while moving up and down among the smoke
houses and ehicken-houses of old Virginia,
wondered that some of them did not rise to
explain" some great event and claim all the
honor.
Now, about the most conspicuous place that
ever knew the flag of our regiment to be
planted was in the hands of the JOhnnies in
those last days before AppOmattOx, and will
leave it to Gen. j. Watts De Peyster, who has
just given US that very fine article on the last
10 days of the old Second Third Corps" to
say whether there was any honor in that for
our regiment belonged to the First Brigade,
First Division, Second Corps, and was there,
and had had the benefit of the teaching of such
men as Cross, Richardson, Howard, Caldwell,
Barlow, Miles, Summer, Hancock, Humphreys
and a lot Of fine officers that could Just 81 lay
over" any others that the writer ever knew
for fighting or any other deviltry that was in
vogue in those days.
So much for this. / took up my pen TO tell
how reioiced | was to find an article in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE that / could vOuch for
That is the one in which E. w. Smith. of the
9Th N. H., recounts the adventures of ME
and Nate" in capturing and cooking that sit
ting hen. Now, / know that this is all true
and it occurred just as Smith has told us, for
bear in mind that he had little Ratchet"
and could net tell lie. If anyone wishes
further proof, / would just ask him to look at
the likenesses of these two men in THE Ma
TIoNAL tribune; they would convince for
i aver that the pictures are perfect copies Of
the boys, and would be recognized by anyone
that knew them in those trying days-fOr the
hens. But / would like to ask Smith where
Sutton, of Co. b, was in that DEAL for if there
was anything going on anywhere around that
regiment that he did not have hand in I have
failed to be informed of it.
I would like to inquire if there are any
of the squad left that Gen. Sumner invited to
march with corps headquarters one day, with
the hams and bacon speared on their bayonets.
where they were forced to carry them all day
would have given months pay TO have dis
posed of a ham that day. Whew my shoulders
ache when / think of it now.N. ID. CORsER
Co. c, 5th N. H., Buena Vista, Col.
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The Musical Soldiers.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrado Pres
ton, 10th n. Y. Cav, gives the following words
10 the buglc call for feeding horses:
Come 10 the stable
While you are able
And give your horses some corn;
For IL you don't do IL
The Colonel will know IL,
And you'll catch hi in the morn.
Now i cannot make the above words har-
monte with the music.
Here are the words as we had them:
Turn out 10 the stable,
Turn out while you're able.
And feed up your horses ON corn, oats and hay;
Corn, oats and hay,
Corn oats aud hay.
Feed up your horses on corn. oats and hay
II is a very sweet bugle call, and You WIFI
find these words I'll il exactly. VIII some com
rade give US the words for the other daily bugle
calls-roll- call, sick call guard taps,
etc The boys had words for all these. but /
have forgotten them.-N. n. HILL, Co. ID, Sd
No. Cav, Mansfield, o.
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Mobile.

VIM. E. MilOtt, Co. II, 10th ILL.,, Newark, o.,
says that every member of his company well
remembers the charge on Fort Blakely. 1t
was very hot fight for the time it lasted.
Oliver o. w. Watson, Co. III, 9th No., and by
consolidation 21st No., Sulphur Rock, Ark,
takes up the cuGgel in behalf of the Sixteenth
Corps at Fort Blakely in replying to various
comrades who have said that no part of that
corps participated in the capture Of the fort.
The writer emphatically denies this assertion,
and gives a sketch of the part taken by the
First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Corps,
in the fight.
J. III. Callahan. Co. B, 122d ILL.,, stockdale
Kan, "chips in" to correct "Old Bruin," Co.
T, 37th ILL.,, and others, who say that the Six
teenth Corps had nothing to do with the capt
ure of Fort Blakely. The writer belonged to
that corps, and has medal of honor awarded
him by Congress for the capture of the rebel flag
at Blakely April 9, 1866. He says other COM
rades are wrong, or else Congress made q mis-
take in doing what it did, but he don't think
so.
S. w. Haven, Co. G.. eth Iowa, Rockford
Iowa, says the comrades are badly mistaken
who say that no part of the Sixteenth Corps
participated in the siege and capture of Fort
B!akely. One division of that corps took q
prominent part in the siege and in the final as
sault. He says the 9th Iowa was the first in
side the works, and went as far as the river
before stopping, capturing about 200 prisoners.
The brigade to which it belonged took more
than thousand. 1t consisted of the 9th, ed
Iowa, 10th Kan. and 9Th Mimi.
Thos. Hanney, Co. B, 9th Mimi, Princeton,
MINI, joins the large company of Sixteenth
Corps men who have corrected the statement of
Comrade Biddleman, SD Ohio, that no part of
the Sixteenth Corps was engaged at Fort
Blakely. The writer says that Biddleman
made Gen. Garrard brigade commander in the
Thirteenth Corps when he commanded the Sec
ond Division of the Sixteenth Corps. The
writer belonged to the Second Brigade of that
division, composed of the 10th Kan, 117th ILL.,,
9th Mimi, 9th and SD Iowa.
It. p. Case, Co. @, 10th Kan, College Springs,
Iowa, says that Comrade Gilbert, in writing of
Fort Blakely, omitted the 10th Kan. in CIV
ing the regiments which composed the Second
Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Corps.
The writer says the 10th was on the skirmish-
line during the advance on the fort on the I'd
of April, and was en- active participant in all
subsequent operations, including the final as
sault aud capture.
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c. w. Hardy, Miller's Falls, Mass, has in his
possession the roll of c. w. Hardy, Co. G., Sd
Mass. Cav, Nineteenth Corps, which has "Sa-
bine Cross Roads" in the space set apart for the
battles. The writer thinks this indicates that
the Nineteenth Corps, or at least part, was at
that battle.
Fred Jackson. Co. A, I16th N. Y, MacPher-
son, Kan, cannot understand the statement Of
Conrade Trip, Goth Me-, to the effect that that
regiment did not fire shot at the battle of
Pleasant Hill, La, April 9, 1864. The writer
says it belonged to the brigade which was act
lively engaged, and repuised repeated charges
of the enemy. He says that if Comrade Trip
had been with his brigade he could not have
seen any of Al. Smiths men, because the fight
ing did not cease until dark, and the First Bril-
gade did not leave the field for good while
after that.
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bus, Ga, was the last battle of the war. He
says that Croxton's Cavalry Brigade, consisting
Of the I'd Mich, 9Th Iowa, 4th and 9th KY, on
April y, 1865, had a sharp engagement at Tai
ladega, Ala, capturing the place. On the
following day, the 23d, the brigade struck
Gen. Hills command and completely routed it,
capturing his artillery, destroying railroad
bridges, engines, cars, etc. This occurred 70
miles from TalIadega.
w. 3. Guthrie, Co. B, cd Ohio, Tarkio, Mo-,
replying TO Comrade Bickford. Co. +, Both Ohio,
who claimed that the latter rowed the boats
which conveyed Hazen's Brigade to Browns
Ferry at Chattanooga, says that the boats were
manned by members of the 33d Ohio. Henry
Pierce, Of Co. B, was shot while rowing one of
the boats, and he was the only person who was
injured during the entire voyage.
J. M. Hose, Lincoln, Kan. thinks that the
18th Ohio claims too much in saying that the
members of that regiment manned the boats
that carried HaZcn's Brigade to Browns Ferry
at Chattanooga. The writer says he knows that
Co. II, 92d Ohio, did part of the rowing, as he
had one Of the oars himself
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The Last Battle.

II. c. Price, Co G, 9Th Iowa Cav, Laketon,
OAK, says that his recollection agrees with
COmrade Yance's statements in his recent arti-
Gle on the capture of Columbus. He says there
was considerable of stir among the boys of
Co. G on account of gold watch, which was
buried in the sand until after the search was
over.
w. A. Marvin, Co. F, I'd Mich. Cav, Fort
Morgan, Colo, says the comrades are greatly
mistaken who claim that the capture Of Column
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Around Chattanooga.

Sheldon Moore, Co. +. 11lth Pa, Erie, Pa,
wishes TO thank Comrade Blundin, 2Sth Pa,
for his defense of the White Stars at Lookout
Mountain. The writer thinks it impossible
that the Sth KY could have reached the top OF
the mountain, as the division to which il be-
longed was on the left of the line and Geary's
White Star Division on the right. He says
that the Sth Ky. was a splendid regiment but
he insists that the claim that its Tag was on
Lookout before the White Stars will not hold
water.
James Anderson, Co. D, seth Ind, Williams.
port, Ind, says that at the battle of Mission
Ridge, Immediately after the S6th reached the
crest, Gen. Grant rode up and asked what regi-
ment it was, and being told, said it was the
first on the ground. Some of the boys had re-
versed a captured cannon and were firing upon
the retreating enemy. The report frightened
Gen. Grants horse, and its rider was nearly
dislOdged. Some one suggested that on this
account they stop firing, but the General told
them to pound away.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-24

A curious case of treasure troye is re-
ported from Bukowina, an Austrian duchy
on the confines of Roumania, Moldavia
and Russia. Ii appears that some thirty
years since a rich American named TalG
kar was murdered by band of robbers
With him the American had 30, 900 ducats
concealed in little wooden casks, which
were hidden in his carriage The rascals
made of with the booty, and as no time
could be spent in dividing their spoil they
agreed to deposit it for the time being in
a large kettle, which they buried in an
adjacent forest Before their purpose was
effected the fellows We're caught, and as
martial law was III force AT the time they
We're speedily disposed Of. One of them,
before being hanged confessed the mur-
der and gave explanations relative 10 the
hidden treasure. On hearing Of the affair
the villagers set 10 work with spade and
hoe, but all their digging only brought
earth worms 10 the surface
Since then three decades have passed
away and the story has become legend
known least Of all 10 the dark SONS Of the
Italian plains who came To Gurahumora
To assist in the construction of the roads
They found a stone which impeded their
progress, and before using dynamite tried
To dislodge it. Ii yielded TO their efforts,
and the lost money lay before their eyes
The Italians took possession of the gold
and made off To Roumania as quickly as
possible They disappeared so rapidly
that on the following day lS0 ducats were
found lying on the grass near the empty
vessel. which have been deposited with
the parochial board Of Gurahumora San
Francisco Chronicle
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-24

I had an interview down in the country
with the captain ot the salvation Army.
Sh. was a huNum Young woman Of 20,
who had gone into the service against the
wishes of her parents II threw some
thing of new light on the subject 10
me. | fancy most people suppose that
those who 20 singing along the street are
quite impervirue t" tn" taunlS "f the
crowd which greet them - freely But il
seems they are not
.'Oh. " said the captain. 'thC~" are NOT
all the soldiers "f the army Their" are
many who don't appear VIII" won Z" on
the street tell YOU. she SaIi. with a
strong western twnng 1t take grit to 90
ont and SIM on the streets and hear all
that you vr got t" there. And very few
can do il. -
She showed uS photographs, III several
of the soldiers. and a smile came over hcr
face when she spoke of llail"lulah Jim
and salvation Tommy. and ON" man in II
picture had a Kind Of jersey on with the
legend Happy Charley in lar-" capitals
across his stomach. Eu; there WaS u
great deal of carnr~tnc>- and force in that
huXOm yuunC captain, % wears old, who
spoke of saving souls ~ prHcr"r!iy a. II
she were talking Ot preserving pears. and
was aS matter Of fact in suggesting that
she should pray with US a. II eh" We're Of
ferinC 10 open oysters. The salvation
Army is one OF the most curious ui
studies, and among the class il works
with believe il does great deal of praC.
tiCal good. even if its mcthsl> are some,
what de-lunstrative and hrusque San
Francisco Chronicle "Un,lertonrS
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RULED BY PREJUDICE.

Few persons realize how thoroughly
they are controlled by prejudice even to
their own disadvantage For many wears
the treatment Of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica and headache has been bv sorne
outward application, and, therefore. with
out stopping to think that the origin OF
these troubles must. from neCeSSity, be in
ternal. the weary sufferer continues TO rub.
I rub and find no relief. Athlophoros is taken
internally, and As a proof that this is the
tcorrect principle. it cures surely and quick
iv. The statement of those who hare bs,r,
cured ought TO convince the incredulous
Mrs. Martha Tennev. Of London. Ohio,
said: | have been one Of the greatest sui-
ferers from rheumatism. For two wears
suffered everything but death. In fact, !
never expected 10 he well again. But here
| am, well and doing house-cleaning.
When ] was suffering SO badly my flesh
seemed 10 he wlthering away. For whole
year | could neither dress or undress my
self | could not raise NV arms or hands
up TO comb my hair. had to be lifted in
and out of bed. was, indeed, in 4 helpless
condition. The doctors had done alIthev
could and were puzzled to know what they
u B'Ns II dN II WIS IlliIt I
learned of Athlophoros. Assoon as COM
menced taking it had terrible buzzing
in my head and nausea of the stomach.
which made it very diffCultfor me to take,
but | continued with it and soon began to
get relief How much did YOU use, Mr..
TeEney? Five bottles. Have YOU had
any rheumatism since? No; and it is now
ever two years. Since then | have done
my washing and any other kind of work
| had to do without any bad effect Nv
general health has not been better in
years.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where thev can
not be bought OF the druggist the Athlo-
phorcs Co, ll2 Wall ST., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt OF
regular price, which is Sl.CO per bottle
for Athlophorns and soc for Pills
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia in
digestion. weakness. nervous debility. diseases
of women, constipation. headache. impure
blood, &C. Athlophoros Pills are unequaled
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The shah of Persia first visit To Europe
tended. for the time. to civilize him. hut
before year had expired he wanted 10
execute his prime minister. The XII z
now. as a rule. returns salutes: before his
visit 10 Europe he did not He now looks
with pleasure AT the pictures in the illus
trated journals When he last crossed
the Caspian, he slept on the floor of the
ladies cabin. under the table. and on the
table he put his boots. Once it was a
pleasure to the Asylum Of the Universe
TO fill a boat on one of the large tanks of his
numerous country palaces with the gran
dees Of his kingdom, clad in gala costume.
and to go into iit~ of laughter as the boat
sank, and the pillars of the empire crawled
out, muddy, wet and bedraggled. They say
that on the last visit of the king of kings
TO Europe, when tasting and sucking
stick Of asparagus, as he sat between two
royal ladies al the dinner table, he offered
the half devoured butt TO the more august
of the two, with the idea that she would
enjoy the pleasure he had experienced.
saying, with innocent enjoyment. "Ba, ba!
how good it is,' That the Asylum of the
Universe is still susceptible of improve
ment in manner becomes painfully evil
dent.-The Argonaut.
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Vocation Of the COWBOY.

II surprises one not to the manner born
10 discover how much skill. judgment and
experience is required III the proper
handling Of big herds on the trail and
round up Many people look upon the
vocation of the cowmau with a touch Of
contempt and imagine that his business
calls for little beyond rough oaths and
hard riding And yet ranchman learns
something new every day, and is FIRE
quently called upon 10 display an amount
OF tact that is the balance in the scale of
success Did you ever see couple of
thousand range hcevcS on the trail'
They will frighten at their own shadows,
and the only way To manage them is 10
make them believe that they are doing aS
they please. To know when To push
them and when 10 let them rest, when
they should drink and how much they
can be crowded without losing flesh are
subjects requiring n much geueralShip in
their way as the movements of human
army. and TO one who has witnessed u
successful drive viii ever afterward be
little the knowledge of the much maligned
cowboy. lobe Democrat.
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want to tell You how the mammas
away Up in Lapland keep their babies
from disturbing the minister sunday
Poor babies, suppose it is growing bad
style everywhere to take them out 10
church. And | suppose, too. that the
ministers are privately as thankful as can
he But the l.app mammas don't stay at
home with theirs. The Lapps are n very
religious people. They 90 immense dis
tances To hear their pastors. Every mis-
Sionary is sure of large audience and an
attentive one. He can hear a pin drop
that is, should he choose to drop one him
self: the congregation wouldn't make so
much noise as that under any COns!dera-
ton Ali the babies are outside, buried
in the snow. As soon as the family ar
rives at the little wooden church. and the
reindeer is secured. the papa Lapp ShovelS
a snug little bed in the snow, and mamma
Lapp wraps baby snugly in skins and de
posits il therein. Then papa piles the
snow around il, while the parents go
decorouSly into church. Over twenty or
thirty babies lie out there in the snow
around the church and | never heard Of
one that Sutf"cated or froZe. Smoke dried
little creatures. | suppose they are tough,
But how would our soft. tender. pretty,
pink and white babies like il. do you
thinks-Wide Awake
Seventy miners were killed by an eNplo-
sion in New South Wales